Question

Lucas and Tony were trying to solve the equation: x^2=16x+25 Lucas said, "The x^2, squared term is isolated, so I"ll take the square root of both sides and solve." Tony said, "I'll solve using the quadratic formula with a=1,b=16, an c equals 25." Whose solution strategy would work? Choose 1 answer:

Answer 1

Answer: Neither

Step-by-step explanation: got it right on khan

Answer 2

Tony's solution strategy

Explanation:

Given the equation that Lucas and Tony trying to solve expressed as: x^2=16x+25

This can be written in standard form as x^2 - 16x - 25 = 0

This can then be factorized using the general formula

x = -b±√b²-4ac/2a where a, b and c are constants

From the given expression;

a = 1, b = -16, c = -15

Hence the best strategy that would have worked based on the explanation is Tony's